Art+and+Music

=Music =

but we know of some musical instruments that they played. The Greeks played pipes, lyres,
drums, and cymbals. Their pipes were made of wood or reed, and had holes cut in them

for your fingers. some were played vertically and some were played sideways.Pipes and drums

were played loudly for dancing and worshiping Dionysos, the god of wine and parties.
Ancient Greeks Played lyres also which had a sound like a guitar and were played for slower, softer songs.

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[[image:lyre.jpg width="120" height="207" align="center" caption="Greek lyre"]]
=Art =

Sculpture
Ancient Greek art is in five main forms: sculpture, painted pottery, music, painting, and architecture. The sculptures in the classical period were mostly life sized statues of famous people in their time. The first period of ancient Greek sculpture was based mostly upon the ancient Egyptians sculpture. They portrayed a perfect image of the humans they sculpted. Although, most sculptures of people in that age made the person look unnatural. They usual made the person in the statue to be standing perfectly upright with a blank stare on their face. they were much like a mannequin today.

Painted Pottery
Painted pottery in the classical period of ancient Greece came through as the White Ground technique which was much in contrast to the red- figure and black- figure ways of making pottery which was made with clay strips to make pictures on the pot. The white Ground technique was made by painting and gilding on a white pot. Although this allowed more beautiful colors and more detailed designs to be used on the pottery, the overall effect was not as amazing as the black or red figure techniques of pottery making in that age.

Painting
Unfortunately, all paintings that the ancient Greeks made in that age has been destroyed or ruined. All that we have of ancient Greek paintings in the classical period is what was written about them. Fortunately though, we have pottery from this time and are able to see what most paintings were like from the designs on painted pots.

Architecture
When the classical period began, the Greeks had started to make larger temples, also switching the building material from wood to limestone. The first of these limestone temples were made with thick columns with large stone capitals on the tops of each. They were built on top of a stone platform with steps leading up to them. They were made just like the wooden temples except they were made of stone. This is why the temples were fluted, which means that there were grooves running up the sides of the columns to resemble a tree after it's been striped of it's bark.

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